Hawaiians build world's biggest Lei on May Day

by Rob Peters | May 2, 2008 at 10:12 am | 255 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

It's more than a mile long, and worth every petal. My question is who gets to wear it?

HONOLULU - May Day was Lei Day in Hawaii.

Volunteers hoping to set a record for the world's longest lei strung together flowers that stretched for more than 1.6 kilometres at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Thursday.

Organizers say the lei, which measured 1,626 metres in length, was documented with a video, photos and witness statements.

All will be sent to Guinness World Records.

Success seems all but certain. Organizers say there currently isn't a Guinness record for the world's longest lei.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann is expected to announce within a few weeks whether the record is official.